Sight Words

Well, I am happy to report that I had a great day today. Many of you commented on my previous post that we had a full moon or we were going to have a full moon or that the unusual behavior in my classroom was actually a phenomenon nationwide so I instantly felt much better. I just love it when we are all in the same boat. I prefer the boat to be a yacht or a cruise ship but, seeing as how I’ve never been on either, it looks like we’re all in a rowboat or possibly a canoe and it’s on the verge of sinking.

So.

We are in full swing. And my Sight Word Fluency program is in full effect.

A long time ago, I decided I didn’t want to teach sight words anymore so I sent them home.

I kid. I joke! Of course we practice our sight words in the classroom! We chant them and we write them and we fish for them and we sing them (thank you, Heidi Songs!) and we play games and everything else you can think of so that these words are read easily and automatically by sight.

But we also need the parents’ help.

So we use a take home program. Our kinder teachers also use it so that by the time the kids come to me, we’re all set. The parents are on board, too.

If you don’t have parent support or you don’t see how you’d have time to test your kids on the lists when they’re ready to be tested because you have 30 or 32 kids and you’re afraid for your sanity, click {HERE} to see what I do in my classroom. Believe you me, I understand. Completely.

I recently sent home this list of activities so that parents had some ideas for how to practice sight words with their kid. Because, sometimes, parents tell me that they feel like they might pull their hair out and/or have a nervous breakdown are having a tad bit of difficulty practicing each night.

I love those ideas, I need to do some of them with my younger son to work on his letter sounds/names. Another thing both my kids love is Bang. Just in case you've never heard of it, you write all the words out on the same size paper, as well as 3 or 4 papers that say Bang. You put all the words in a bag and pull out one without looking. If you pull out a word and read it, you get to keep it, if you can't read it you put it back in the bag. If you pull out a Bang, you have to put all your words back. For some reason, I have never had a kid realize you can't actually win the game, it's never ending. Both of my sons LOVE this game, we do it with math facts, letters, words, whatever we're working on.

Thanks for the freebie! I have put your sight word pack in my Wishlist. I'm afraid the kids in my room that are needing the most help are the ones who get no help from home…maybe they will surprise me.KellyI'm Not Your Grandpa, I'm Your Teacher

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